According to the monthly report released by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) on September 18th, the global aluminum market was in a short supply of 651,000 tons from January to July, compared to 855,000 tons in whole year 2018.
During the same period, global primary aluminum demand had a year-on-year increase of 1.8% to 36.5 million tons, and the production of primary aluminum rose by 2.2% or around 780,000 tons year on year.
In July, global primary aluminum production and consumption was around 5.26 million tons and 5.08 million tons respectively.
WBMS: Global aluminum in short supply of 651,000 tons in Jan-Jul
24 Sep 2019 13:38 reported by Joy Liu
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